Unless they have a unique niche, finding a new game to stream can be a challenge for prolific streamers. This goes double for streamers who want to interact with chat as often as possible. While there's a laundry list of games that streamers cycle through for chat interactions, some may want a fresh game to present to chat.
The following games vary in size and gameplay, but what's for sure is they're high on interactivity. With these games, streamers can build something great with chat, co-op with them in gnarly maps, or compete in high-stake environments. Most are on Steam as well, or do not require installation on part of the chat, which can make participation easier. These are the best games on Steam to play with chat.
10 King Of The Castle
Streamers with a playfully combative relationship with their chat will get a kick out of King of the Castle. The political party game pits streamers versus their chat in a faction war. Streamers can play with up to 24 of their chat, who will act as their nobles in court.
Because of recent changes by the devs, streamers have a better chance of turning the tides against their chat. They can win by outsmarting their chat, devising ways for them to vote against each other's interests through chat commands in streamer mode. If they can establish an Heir and complete their Ambition before nobles complete their Scheme or Rebellion, then the streamer can win.
9 Omega Strikers
Fast-paced, colorful, and full of personality, Omega Strikers is a 3v3 "footbrawl" game. Streamers can team up with two chat members to fight against three other chatters as they try to score goals while battling each other. With more than 15 strikers with unique abilities, it can feel like a mix of League of Legends' ARAM mode and Super Smash Bros.
Once streamers get the basics down, they may even consider getting competitive. The developers announced an NA Pro-League Invitational as their first official tournament for the game. Central NA servers will host the games to test their capacity.
8 Idol Showdown
With more than 73 million subscribers across all YouTube channels as of May 2023, it's unsurprising that vtubers under Hololive would inspire top caliber fan games. Idol Showdown is the latest fan game to hit the market for free, and Hololive talents are already streaming their playthrough to thousands of subscribers.
Idol Showdown is a character fighter where each playable brawler is a vtuber. Players have grapplers, glass cannons, vtubers meant for footsies or zoning, and other archetypes expected of a standard fighting game. It's also full of neat nods to Hololive lore, rollback, and an active PvP mode that streamers can use to brawl with their chat.
7 Demonologist
Demonologist follows the proud tradition of games like Phasmophobia and Deceit. Streamers are tasked with leading a party of up to 4 of their chat members to identify and exorcise the evil spirit haunting the map. Aside from the spine-chilling graphics care of Unreal Engine 5, Demonologist is unique among horror co-ops for its character customization and exorcism.
Streamers start through a typical investigation of the map with their chat. After finding enough clues, they can identify their enemy's type. Once they do this, they can fully exorcise the enemy after completing objectives related to it. But if going straight to the objective is too boring, streamers can also look for secret rooms in every map with their chat.
6 The Outlast Trials
When Outlast was released nearly a decade ago, it captured horror fans with its visceral and shocking gore and jumpscares. With The Outlast Trials, streamers can now experience the suspense with friends or chat. Instead of backseating, chat can now work with streamers to survive Murkoff's trials together, or put them at a disadvantage.
Developer Red Barrel claims co-op is not forced for mandatory objectives. But as with games like The Outlast Trials, playing with a group can make kiting enemies and hiding from them easier. Numbers can also give players an advantage, as they can put their minds together to solve various puzzles.
5 Starship Troopers: Extermination
Starship Troopers: Extermination is the latest addition to the oeuvre of the satirical sci-fi classic. Streamers can field a lobby of 16 players and lead their chat to re-conquering Planet Valaka. The action starts as soon as their dropship hits the ground, so they must immediately work together to cleave through the Arachnids and reach their objectives.
Streamers are also tasked with rebuilding bases with their chat. Assault, Support, and Defense troopers need to ping their locations to ensure clear communications. This can help them coordinate efforts between base defending, resource gathering, and creating path towards the extraction point.
4 Emote Search
Emotes are an important part of every Twitch chat. Even big companies understand this, evidenced by Pokemon's Lechonk becoming an emote when Pokemon Scarlet and Violet came out. Emote Search takes these popular emoticons and puts them in a fun, Word Search-like game streamers can solve with their chat.
Streamers and their chat work together to look for strings of emotes on the main board. Players earn points when they type the sequence's coordinate in chat before anyone else. While it's easy to get competitive, there's incentive to working together to reach higher levels of the game.
3 Smalland: Survive The Wilds
Smalland is a fascinating multiplayer game that allows players to explore a gorgeous, gigantic land. Up to 10 players can band together to survive this world where spiders are twice their size. With cooperation, streamers can gather resources, fend off huge enemy insects, and create a settlement anywhere in the world.
Players can even tame insects to use as mounts, or use materials from them and the natural world to create powerful armor. Merchants are also scattered around the visually stunning world, ready to trade with players. And lest players get bored, they can now build catapults to defend their settlements.
2 Da Stream Charades
Da Stream Charades is an online game that's great for making friends with, and for keeping a chat room engaged. Streamers only need to connect their account with the game client to start the game. Once they do, they land on a page where they can turn categories on and off.
Once they configure the game, all the streamer has to do is act out the word. The first correct guess to be detected by the client, naturally, wins the round.
1 HypeSquad
HypeSquad is an upcoming multiplayer action game by Netmarble, the same publisher of Marvel Future Fight, two The King Of Fighters games, and BTS World for mobile. Squads of three can compete in a 20-squad free-for-all where combat is heavily focused on close range fights, and launching special abilities to turn the tide.
If streamers want to sample HypeSquad now, they may join the NA Server Focus Test. Netmarble's target countries for the server include US, Canada, England, Ireland, France, Spain, and Mexico. Developers aim to expand their reach in the coming months.